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Allasani Peddana. Allasani Peddana (Telugu: అల్లసాని పెద్దన) (15th and 16th centuries) was ranked as the foremost of the Ashtadiggajalu the title for the group of eight poets in the court of Krishnadevaraya, a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire. [citation needed] Peddana was a native of Somandepalli near Anantapur.
Allasani Pedanna was the greatest scholar of Krishnadeva Raya’s court. He was one of the Ashtadiggajas of his court. He was called Andrakavita Pitamaga. In Manucharitam, Pedanna refers to the existence of four castes- Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras. Book.
Allasani Peddana (Telugu: అల్లసాని పెద్దన) (15th and 16th centuries CE) was a famous Telugu poet and was ranked as the foremost of the Ashtadiggajalu the...
Keywords— Vijayanagara, Krishna Deva Raya, Teleugu, Allasani Peddana, Manu Charitra, Kannada Introduction Allasani Peddana was a votary of Rama,and his poems in the Telugu language are much esteemed for their harmony. He composed an elaborate work, entitled "Swarachisha Manu Charitra," in four books.
Allasani Peddana is one of the ashtadiggaja kavis (eight-learned poets) of emperor Krishnadevaraya’s court (1509 – 30 CE) at Vijayanagar. As per his biography, he held the title of Sarvatomukhandhra Kavitapitamaha – grandsire of Telugu poetry. Peddana was a Smarta Niyogi brahmin of the Nandavarika sect and Vasistha gotra (clan).
Peddana explores the dramatic displacements, imaginative projections, and intricate workings of desire necessary for Manu’s birth and formation. The Story of Manu is also a book about kingship and its exigencies at the time of Krishnadevaraya, the most powerful of the Vijayanagara rulers, who was a close friend and patron of the poet.
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Nov 17, 2014 · 4.18. 28 ratings4 reviews. Manucaritramu, or The Story of Manu, by the early sixteenth-century poet Allasani Peddana, is the definitive literary monument of Telugu civilization and a powerful embodiment of the imperial culture of Vijayanagara, the last of the great premodern south Indian states. It is the story of Svarochisha Manu, who ruled ...
